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Cirencester Kingshill School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Kingshill Lane, Cirencester GL7 1HS · 01285 651511
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 806
- 82% of 980 places
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
- First language not English
- 3.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 141 families put the school first and 154 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 154 | 141 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 174 | 159 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 161 | 134 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 169 | 147 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 158 | 153 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.2, and 45.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Gloucestershire it was 50.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ●45.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲69.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼22.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.19 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 15.4 | +2 |
| Sixth form college | 50.3 | −10.5 |
| Further education | 20 | +4.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 2.3 | −1.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.6 | +2.4 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | +2.9 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cirencester Kingshill School on 7 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (161 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 161
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 45 parents (28%) with SEND